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22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

Light's beginning to fade

Date of Review:  Nov 1, 1999
Review: I'm a two or three-book a week guy, unless I'm struggling through something by Octavio Paz or someone else equally remote from my life. It took me three weeks to finish this Hemingway book and, sadly, it is not the best book that I've read this...
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  3.0

by: sweetpaulie
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Some glimpses of greatness
Cons
Self indulgent, little insight
 
20 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

Truly Un-Enlightening

Date of Review:  Jun 20, 2002
The Bottom Line: Unless you are part of Hemingway's select readership and know Africa well, this one will leave you frustrated, irritated and yawning.
Review: True At First Light. E Hemingway. Fiction. Scribner 1999. Hardback pp 311. $26.00. ISBN 0-684-84921-6.

When I showed some of my writing to a relative, he remarked: ?Well, it?s so-so, but I prefer stories that tell you something. Writers...
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by: heidifromoz
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Great cover.
Cons
Boring. A self-indulgent, rambling...
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Hemingway Misses Big Game

Date of Review:  Sep 25, 1999
Review: Hemingway misses the big game, but scores a fine trophy or, Winner takes
nothing.

The book, True at First Light, was well written in its first incarnation as Green Hills of Africa, but it is still a good book. It reads well and then...
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  3.0

by: wordman
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Clean, lean prose
Cons
Muddled execution
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Mediocre at best

Date of Review:  Dec 13, 1999
Review: I was thrilled when I first heard that this book was being published, because I am writing my thesis on gender conflicts in Hemingway. I thought this book would be valuable to my discussion, considering the fact that Hem's exploits in Africa play a...
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by: erato12
Recommended to buy: No

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It's too long, boring, and not...
 

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